Arapov: Violin Concerto & Concerto for Violin, Piano and Percussion
9/1/2017, 5 Tracks, 55:35
Featuring
Arvid Jansons
Mikhail Vaiman
Aleksandr Dmitriyev
Grigory Sokolov
Nikolay Moskalenko
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra
Boris Arapov
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Compositional Technique
A special feature of Arapov's style is the 'total orchestration principle,' where the color and timbre palette remains unchanged for a sequence of pitch combinations.
Compositional Technique
The Finale of the Concerto for Violin, Piano, and Percussion includes a ragtime-like fragment and a quotation theme from Stravinsky's opera Oedipus Rex.
Composition History
The Concerto for Violin, Piano, and Percussion was composed in 1973 in memory of Igor Stravinsky, reflecting Arapov's evolving style through the lens of Stravinsky's neoclassical works.
Composer Biography
Boris Alexandrovich Arapov (1905-1992) was a prominent Soviet composer and pedagogue who taught several generations of composers.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Arapov, even past his 60th birthday, created nonconformist works and always retained a taste for renovation in his compositions.
Composer Biography
Arapov began composing at the age of nine and initially studied piano with Maria Yudina and Samariy Savshinsky, but an injured hand led him to pursue composition.
